Brown pupil describes hours-long lockdown throughout lethal campus taking pictures

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A Brown College senior mentioned he spent the evening serving to evacuate classmates after dropping a detailed buddy in a shooting at his school that left two folks useless and 9 others injured.

Ben Marcus advised "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday that he was celebrating Shabbat at Brown’s Hillel, a middle for Jewish life on campus, when the constructing’s safety guard rushed in with an pressing warning.

"None of us had been on our telephones. The safety guard on the Hillel constructing simply leaped into motion, and he mentioned, 'Everybody upstairs, that is actually severe. There is a shooter,'" Marcus mentioned.

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He described sheltering with about 30 college students for practically seven hours and praised employees at each the Hillel and the college for preserving college students protected and knowledgeable.

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Nonetheless, college students are scared and confused as they navigate the aftermath of the tragedy that halted last exams.

"There have been finals yesterday, there have been finals all week, and college students are simply terrified," Marcus mentioned.

Emergency personnel collect on Waterman Road at Brown College in Windfall, R.I., on Saturday in the course of the investigation of a taking pictures. (AP Photograph/Mark Stockwell)

One of many victims, whose identify has not but been launched, was a detailed buddy of Marcus.

"I really misplaced an excellent buddy of mine... I do not suppose her identify is public but," he mentioned. However she was a very, actually particular particular person... actually wonderful at creating dialogue and interfaith actions, and we'll actually miss her."

Marcus additionally famous how simple it's to enter some buildings on campus. He mentioned most stay unlocked throughout class hours, "and even when the constructing is meant to be locked — the engineering constructing particularly — it’s fairly frequent for it to be propped open with a chair."

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Police mentioned Sunday that an individual of curiosity is in custody following the lethal taking pictures. Police advised Fox Information that the person was discovered at a resort in Coventry, which is about 17 miles south of Windfall.

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Windfall Chief of Police Colonel Oscar L. Perez Jr. declined to say whether or not the particular person was affiliated with Brown College when requested by reporters at a information convention, citing the early phases of the investigation.

Former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) particular agent Bernard Zapor mentioned the newest on the investigation throughout "Fox & Associates Weekend," warning that the shooter operated with out "conscience" when he determined to open fireplace on the faculty.

"Make no mistake," he mentioned. "Anyone that goes in and decides to take human life on a mass scale , or any scale, is de facto working with out conscience. And so the traditional issues that we're anticipating from a human being do not exist."